MY TALENTED FOLLOWERS

Jenny Lawrence

Hi and welcome to cardsarus blog spot
My name is Jenny Lawrence and I live in Kent.
I am married to Tony, my dear and wonderful hubby.
We have been married for 34 years. I lost my first Husband to the big C when I was quite young. I have 3 children and 3 stepchildren. 12 Grandchildren and 3 Little Great Granddaughters and a Great Grandson. I have been card making for about 17years.
I have made things all my life as my Mum and Grand Mother taught me lots of hobbies.
I have made my own clothes, knitted garments, hand embroidered items of clothing, and crocheted items too.
I love to bake my own cakes as well.

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Good evening to all you wonderfully talented blog friends and visitors.THANK YOU for your recent visits and comments.I really do love reading them all so much.I also love to visit your blogs and look at your wonderful creations. We are all so very different in our styles and ideas.

I have had a wonderful lunch with my ladies from my club.We needed to use up funds that were left in the bank and thoughta couple of lunches would be a great way to do this.

Tonight I have a card I made 2 years ago, and have never shownon the blog. It was shown on Create and Craft once when I e mailed it on a Sue Wilson's Spellbinders show. That day I wona Sue original as I was lucky enough to be drawn out of thecup of chance.I made the roses with my Cricut Machine as in those days I didn't have a rose die. I also coloured the ribbon to match thecard colour with my stamping inks I have.

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My roses are nowhere as good as Patricia's of Summerhousecrafts, but in those days I thought I was very clever using a different flower off the George Basic cartridge. I soon learnedwhen I started my blog how good you all are at creating thesethings with dies.

Now I would like to show you a picture of my Camellia thathas just flowered. Such a pretty flower shape.

Would love to be able to make a similar one in paper.Thank you again for your visit.I do hope you all have had a really great day.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Good morning dear and wonderful craft loving blog friends andvisitors.It is a wonderful sunny morning in Kent, after a fairly cold nightso it's a little brisk outside at the moment, but I'm sure as the daywears on it will be lovely and warm. I do hope your weekend is a very relaxing one, and that you areall managing to get a little crafting slotted into your day.

THANK YOU for all your comments on my last creations.You all are so very generous with your lovely comments, and Ireally do appreciate your time spent visiting me.

I have joined a singing group that used to entertain my littleclub. We practice on a Monday afternoon, and then occasionallygo to nursing homes and entertain the residents. The money we make for this goes to the Cerebral Palsy charity so I think it's worthwhile giving my time for something so needy.I have been asked to do a solo and am getting weak at the kneesjust thinking about my first time singing to an audience.

Well enough of my waffle as Planet Susie would say.Today I have a card I made with some craft sheets I bought at the NEC in march they are Hunkydory and I fell in lovewith them as soon as I saw them, and looking at my blog layout you can understand why. I just love OWLS.

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Now the inside, because you know me I have to decorate theinside too.

As stated earlier the card and toppers are Hunkydory.The purple pearlescent metallic card is Dovecraft.I bought the lovely Rhinestone Owl at the NEC too.Thank you again for your visit today.I hope you are all experiencing lovely weather this weekend.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Good morning to all you wonderful and talented craft lovingpeople.Well it's mid week and I do hope you are all having a very pleasant week so far, and that the rest of the week continues thatway. THANK you sooooooooo much for your comments on mywedding card.They were very much appreciated, as are all your comments on my work.

Today I have to share with you the box I made to go with thecard. The picture actually shows the lovely patterned pearlised cardI used for both of them.

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The box was made with Centura A3 Ivory pearlised card.and all the die cuts were as before on the card, exceptfor the lattice dies cut that was in the center of the card.Thank you again for taking the time in your busy day to viewmy work and make a comment.I hope you all have a wonderful crafty day.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Saturday, 20 April 2013

Good evening to all you wonderful and talented blog friendsand visitors.I hope you have all had a wonderful Saturday.THANK YOU for all your comments on my last creation.Well I'm in full swing now and have just finished my wedding card, really I finished it at lunch time but had to let the glue setbefore photoing it. So sorry the photos have come out a littledarker than I would have liked.I am quite pleased with how this has turned out. One of my happy dance cards.The ivory pearlised card I used was a lovely brocade type, butsadly it's not showing in the photo.This card I bought many moons ago and never wanted to use it.You know the sort you buy and wish you had bought a whole lot more because it's so lovely, and then never want to use it till now.

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I am going to make the box for it tomorrow.I made a slight mistake and used white centura pearl card forthe base card now I wished I had used the ivory as I had both.I suppose it was one of my senior craft moments. lol.Still I think it doesn't show much.Thank you again for sparing your time to visit and make suchwonderful comments, I very much appreciate them all.Have a wonderful and crafty Sunday tomorrow.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.I would like to enter this into the following challenges.http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes.http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-34-handmade-flowers.html

Friday, 19 April 2013

Good evening to all you wonderful and talented blog friends andvisitors.THANK YOU for all your kind comments on my last work.I really do appreciate every one that you have made, and they havemade my mojo come flying back last night.I do hope it's here to stay. lol.

Tonight I have a card I made last night. The image I colouredin a while ago when I first won 2 lovely Saturated Canary Imagesin a challenge.

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Now the inside.

This shaped card I bought at the NEC on a everything for apound stall. It was white but I used Tumbled Glass DistressInk to colour the card blue to go with the image.The image is as I stated a Saturated Canary one coloured inwith Tria Markers and Flexmarkers.The papers are ones from a paper stack book .The butterfly is off and old hair clip that broke.I made the stick pin in the bow, and the flowers were madefrom the Britannia Small Rose Die I bought at the NEC.Thank you again for your visit,I do hope you all have a wonderful and crafty weekend.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Good morning dear and talented blog friends and visitors.I do hope you have all had wonderful week, as the weather haswarmed up a little, and that lovely yellow shinny thing in the skyhas made quite a few appearances to warm us up.

THANK YOU for your recent comments on my shopping bag.As I stated I am trying to find Mr Mojo, as he flew the coupe afew weeks ago and hasn't made a return yet. lol. Every morning I eagerly look out of the window to see if he hasnested in a near by tree, but no such luck so far.I really need him back as I have a 4th Birthday card for my greatgranddaughter to do and also a wedding card for my stepson who has just flown to Las Vegas to get married. Luckily I don't need ittill they get back when we are visiting them for a family celebration for those that could not go with them.Today I have a card I started quite a few weeks ago and couldnot think how to finish.Well it's finished now but I am still not too happy with it.

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Now the inside.

I used the ribbon weaving on the bottom of the card.The papers are from The Desert Blooms Pad.I used a new die I had for my birthday back in March for the flower in the center and some Stickles Star Dust to glitterthe flower.Thank you again for you visit and patience with my blog posting.I do hope you all have a very wonderful and crafty day.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Good afternoon dear and talented blog friends and visitors.I do hope you all are having a good day so far.Well the weather has warmed up slightly, so I have been busygardening, catching up on all the jobs that should have been done and dusted weeks ago, but for the weather.

A big THANK YOU to all of you for your lovely commentson my last creation there were quite a few imperfections in it.So I really appreciate all the lovely comments made.

Today I have a shopping bag I decided to decorate as you do.I bought them at my local library 3 for £5 so excellent valuefor money and you can decorate them how you like.

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I added some flowers I had in my craft room and then used theStickles Crystal Ice on the petals and leaves.Thank you again for your visit.I really do appreciate all of you sparing your precious time tovisit me and leave such wonderful comments.I hope you continue to have a wonderful and crafty day.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Good morning dear friends and visitors.Sorry I haven't visited you for a few days, but I seem to have slowed right down to a snails pace lately. Everything seems to be taking me ages to do. Maybe it's my age. lol.THANK YOU for all your wonderful comments on my sister'swork. I very much appreciate you sparing the time out of your busylives to visit me and make such fabulous comments.

Today I have a card I have made for the people who come toentertain my ladies club I run on Tuesday afternoon.Talking about which it is our last day today as we are closingthe club, because the lady who helps me is not well and can't continue running it with me and I can't manage it on my own.

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Now the inside.

The paper and image used was one I found on the internet.I made a slight mistake with the cosmic shimmer glue dotson the right had side of the image, but except for that I was really pleased with the black and white of the card.Thank you again for your visit.I do hope you all have a wonderful crafty day.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Saturday, 6 April 2013

Good morning to all you talented blog friends and visitors.I hope this weekend turns out to be a great for everyone of you.THANK YOU for all your comments on my last creation.I really do appreciate every comment that you make.

I am still having troubles with my mojo it's still doing this walk about thingy. lol.I started a card a while back but can't seem to summon the ideasto finish it off.So I thought I would show you more of my sister's jewellery asI think her work is just fabulous and worth showing.She doesn't have the internet and is frightened of having it.So I think it's my job to let you see her fabulous creations.

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Sorry about the picture as it was taken with my phone when I visited a while ago, and my hand shakes when I use my phone. I must take my camera next time I visit. Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy lives tovisit my blog and leave such fabulous comments.I do hope you are all keeping well in this very cold spell we arehaving.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Good morning dear blog friends and visitors.Sorry I haven't posted anything for a few days my mojo got upand did a walk about. lolTHANK YOU for all your wonderful comments on my sister'sjewellery she makes.She also told me her mojo has done the same as she needs tomake a necklace for her daughter's friend and can't get any ideaspopping into her head.

My card today is one for my granddaughter who has moved house recently.

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The odd shape card, I bought from the NEC on a stall thatsold everything for a pound. There were 3 in a pack with envelopes for £1 a really good value for money I think.The papers I bought yesterday from supermarket news standin a book form really lovely papers and good value for moneyas well. I platted some very thin ribbon from a lovely tutorial thatthe lovely Wilma Brown sent me. Thank you Wilma.You can find this here.http://www.card-making-magic.com/braidedribbontutorial.html

Thank you again for your visit to my blog.I do hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and the cold weatherhasn't spoiled it for you.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.

Monday, 1 April 2013

Good Easter Monday morning to all my talented followers and visitors.I hope you are all having a fab Easter with plenty of chocs andrest.THANK YOU for all your wonderful comments on my lastcreation.I really do enjoy all the wonderful comments that you leave me.

Today I am showcasing my sister's jewellery that she makes.She is a very talented jewellery maker don't you think.

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Thank you for your visit, and I do hope you enjoy the rest ofyour day.Lots of crafty love. JENNY.